State v. Benoit

The issues in this case involve the propriety of the trial court’s decision to suppress (1) items seized pursuant to a search warrant, and (2) certain oral statements of the defendant made to police officers while the defendant was being interrogated. The case arises out of an armed robbery of a Stop-N-Go store in the city of Green Bay on January 25, 1977. On February 11, 1977, the State sought a search warrant to search the home of a suspect, Daniel Benoit. The items to be searched for were a green snorkel jacket with fur trim, blue jeans, black leather gloves, round wire-rim glasses, a…